Introduction

[bander11 0]

Hi Everyone, just joined - I have been lurking as you call it for the last couple of days. I have found your site very informative and wanted to say keep all the advice coming guys. Next month I have a busy schedule with Medical Clearance, Pulmonary and the upper GI tests scheduled - shooting for surgery end of October first of November - also doing some of the waiting game with insurance for the acceptance of 3 months of my weightloss classes (had to have 6 - Insurance is BCBS - Delaware). Glad to be here hope to chat with some of you later on. Thanks for being here!!!!

[redi2bfatfree 0]

Hello:

I was lurking for sometime before becoming a member as well!! Today, I was told I should receive a call for my first appointment on Tuesday, so then I can begin my appointments. Maybe we can stay in touch and keep one another updated on our progress! Good luck to you!!!

Hi Everyone, just joined - I have been lurking as you call it for the last couple of days. I have found your site very informative and wanted to say keep all the advice coming guys. Next month I have a busy schedule with Medical Clearance, Pulmonary and the upper GI tests scheduled - shooting for surgery end of October first of November - also doing some of the waiting game with insurance for the acceptance of 3 months of my weightloss classes (had to have 6 - Insurance is BCBS - Delaware). Glad to be here hope to chat with some of you later on. Thanks for being here!!!!

[almostthere11 5]

Hi everyone, just joined - I have been lurking as you call it for the last couple of days. I have found your site very informative so I thought I would join. I just completed my first psychiatric eval follow up appointment in 9 days. Dietatician appointment I'm making Monday final appointment end of october with my surgeron then the auth for surgery is submitted. Glad to be here!

[readytogoforit 172]

this has already been so good for me. I am looking for support, I want to be a longterm success story. My health is the main objective for me. I have been on meds for Cholesterol for a few years and last year I got a CPAP machine for sleep. I am grateful that these things help us but - losing weight will take care of both of them! I love seeing the weight people are losing. I started at 239 at the end of July, I now weigh 222. My doc started me on a 1200 calorie diet after the first meeting. I was supposed to lose 10 lbs. b4 the surgery. Isn't it funny how we lose when we stop eating junk!! I started going to curves in Aug. and it is so good, I am down one pant size and the pain in my legs has gone away.

I am having surgery on Oct 28th & am really excited. Thanks to all who visit this site!!!

[bander11 0]

Thank you to everyone that responded to my introduction - what a bunch of lurkers we are huh!? Welcome to you all and keep in touch. Congrats on the weight loss readytogo - I so look forward to being rid of pain I have in my legs as well - so you give me hope - no CPAP here - no comorbidies other than just found out through this process that I am pre diabetic - didn't know that one - Cholesterol and BP good. I love the junk food too - big chocolate lover, so yeah it is amazing what we can do with out it, but it's remembering that and that's where I hope this tool will help out - you know it's easier to say "oh I can do this today etc etc it won't hurt me, I will just tomorrow" but having a tool that can help you train your brain to say "it just might" that's saying something and I hoping that is exactly what it will do for me. I hear the stories of things getting stuck, people getting sick because they don't follow the band diet etc - I am not a fan of being sick or having pain so I will have that in the back of my mind when I go to venture off course like I normally would - right now other than how it can effect the future I don't have that, I guess I have too much of the "Scarlet O'Hara syndrome" - "Tomorrow is another day" Well, I want to change that syndrome and really make "Tomorrow another Day" a good day!! I think we have found the right site - seems wonderful so far. Good Luck to you all and once again Welcome and Keep in touch.

[kmkurtz 4]

Glad to see you are going to have surgery in Oct, I had my surgery on the 7th of Sept and doing well.

Nice to see you here also, I joined yesterday.

I think having a support group could be a big winner for your success. I am still searching for that myself.

Good Luck

Karen